Aunt Xinghua was so angry when she saw these children looking for the peddler to exchange things. How could they not give her face?
She wanted everyone in Linjiawan to listen to her and stop looking for the peddler to exchange things, but this was simply impossible.
There was no supply and marketing cooperative in the village, so everyone had to go to the commune to buy things. People in the village usually had to go to work and had no time to go to the commune, so exchanging salt with the peddler became everyone's first choice.
As the crowd gradually dispersed, the peddler packed up and prepared to go to the next village.
Aunt Xinghua turned around and went home angrily. When she got home, she slammed the door shut.
"Mom, please open the door quickly. Didn't you take the eggs to the peddler to exchange for sugar? Where is the candy I want?" Aunt Xinghua's son knocked on the door while crying.
"Shut up. If you keep crying I'll throw you into the sea to feed the fish."
"Wow, Mom, you are so mean. I want to go find Dad. I don't want to be thrown into the sea to feed the fish."
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Lin Zheng also happily took Xiao Zhiquan home, eating the water chestnuts he had just exchanged from the peddler.
As soon as they returned home, they saw Lin Qingmei and He Xufeng sitting in the yard chatting.
"Sister, Brother He, it's time for you to get off work!"
"Sister Qingmei, Brother He."
"Where have you two been? What are you eating?" Lin Qingmei stared at their mouths curiously.
"We just met a peddler, and Brother Lin Zheng exchanged eggs for sweets." Xiao Zhiquan said happily, and held up the two remaining pieces of candy in his hand to show Lin Qingmei and the others.
He Xufeng smiled and touched little Zhiquan's hair, "Oh, our little Zhiquan would even exchange eggs for candy!"
Lin Qingmei looked at Lin Zheng and said, "Don't exchange all the eggs at home for sugar. If you exchange all the eggs for sugar, we will have no eggs to eat in the future."
"Sister, how about we raise two hens to lay eggs?"
"That's fine. I'll go ask others tomorrow if they have chicks. But remember to find some bugs to feed the chickens when you get home from school!"
Lin Qingmei had thought about raising chickens before, but after her old house was rented to the brigade and became a training center for educated youth, she gave up the idea.
The new educated youth center in Linjiawan is already under construction, and it won’t be long before her family can return their old house.
Let's raise the chicks now, and then put them back in the old house after the old house is returned.
"Sister, don't worry, I promise to complete the task." Lin Zheng patted his chest and agreed to Lin Qingmei's request. He was determined to eat eggs.
At noon the next day, Lin Qingmei got off work early and came to Grandpa Lin's house.
She asked Grandpa Lin yesterday if anyone had chicks to exchange, and Grandpa Lin asked her to come find Grandma Lin today.
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